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# 1  
Old 11-03-2014
How to get new line after certain character.?
Hello,

I have a file like:-
Code:
My Name is ABCMy Name is XYZMy Name is PQR

I want the output like
Code:
My Name is ABC
My Name is XYZ
My Name is PQR

Please help. The length is fixed for each line.
Last edited by vbe; 11-03-2014 at 09:40 AM.. Reason: please use code tags, even for so little...
# 2  
Old 11-03-2014
Might not be the best way, but this seems to work for me:

Code:
 
> cat ff
My Name is ABCMy Name is XYZMy Name is PQR
> cat ff | sed "s/My Name/#My Name/g" | tr '#' '\012'
My Name is ABC
My Name is XYZ
My Name is PQR
>

Assumes no "#" character in the text. If you have one, just find some odd character you don't have in your text:
ie ■²√°≈÷⌡⌠≤≥±≡ ... etc
(those are all ASCII codes up in 240-250 area ... Smilie )
# 3  
Old 11-03-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by Abhisrajput
Hello,

I have a file like:-
Code:
My Name is ABCMy Name is XYZMy Name is PQR

I want the output like
Code:
My Name is ABC
My Name is XYZ
My Name is PQR

Please help. The length is fixed for each line.
Hello Abhisrajput,

Please used codes tags as per forum rules. Following may help you in same.

Code:
echo "My Name is ABCMy Name is XYZMy Name is PQR" | awk '{gsub(/My/,"\nMy",$0);S=S?S ORS $0:$0} END{gsub(/^[[:space:]]/,X,S);print S}'

Output will be as follows.
Code:
My Name is ABC
My Name is XYZ
My Name is PQR

Thanks,
R. Singh
Last edited by RavinderSingh13; 11-03-2014 at 10:53 AM..
# 4  
Old 11-03-2014
How about:
Code:
sed s,"My Name","\nMy Name",g -i test.txt

hth
# 5  
Old 11-03-2014
The statements you have provided are kind of ambiguous. On the one hand you want a new line *after* certain character (which character?), on the other hand you mention fixed line length (which line?).

Maybe this will suffice:
Code:
fold -w 14 file

# 6  
Old 11-03-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by RavinderSingh13
Hello Abhisrajput,

Please used codes tags as per forum rules. Following may help you in same.

Code:
echo "My Name is ABCMy Name is XYZMy Name is PQR" | awk '{gsub(/My/,"\nMy",$0);S=S?S ORS $0:$0} END{gsub(/^[[:space:]]/,X,S);print S}'

Output will be as follows.
Code:
My Name is ABC
My Name is XYZ
My Name is PQR

Thanks,
R. Singh
What's the pre-requisite for that to work?
It just throws an error when I try:

Code:
awk: syntax error near line 1
awk: illegal statement near line 1
awk: syntax error near line 1
awk: illegal statement near line 1
awk: syntax error near line 1
awk: illegal statement near line 1

I'm on SunOS 5.10
So no bash, just basic unix/ksh as far as I know Smilie

Quote:
Originally Posted by sea
How about:
Code:
sed s,"My Name","\nMy Name",g -i test.txt

hth
doesn't work for me either

Code:
 
 > sed s,"My Name","\nMy Name",g -i test.txt
Can't open -i
nMy Name is ABCnMy Name is XYZnMy Name is PQR

again, just curious what the base requirements for that to work is ?
# 7  
Old 11-03-2014
>I'm on SunOS 5.10

Change awk to nawk and try again.

> doesn't work for me either (Can't open -i)

-i is an option for in place editing. It's a feature of GNU sed, thus it's not available in default installations of commercial Unixes, afaik.

Solution: sed ... file >file.tmp && mv file.tmp file

\n is another feature of GNU sed Smilie

Solution:
Code:
sed s,"My Name","\\
My Name",g file

Btw. the commands mentioned in post 2, 3 and 4 produce an empty line on the top of the output.
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Ditto
 
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